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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sise ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733639 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sise Meghan E ME Wojciechowski David D Chute Donald F DF Gustafson Jenna J Chung Raymond T RT Williams Winfred W WW Elias Nahel N
Artificial organs 20190529 9
Long waiting times for kidney transplant (KT) and the high risk of mortality on dialysis have prompted investigation into strategies to utilize hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected organs to decrease discard rates of potentially viable kidneys. Due the opioid epidemic, the number of HCV-infected donors has increased significantly. With the development of direct-acting antiviral therapies for HCV infection, now more than 95% of patients who received treatment are cured. Experimental trials have used ...[more]